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Minn. Stat. § 500.12 (2026)

Future Estates; Contingent

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Future estates are either vested or contingent. They are contingent while the person to whom, or the event upon which, they are limited to take effect remains uncertain.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1959–1999 · leading case: In Re the Est. of Van Den Boom, 590 N.W.2d 350 (Minn. Ct. App. 1999).
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In Re the Est. of Van Den Boom, 590 N.W.2d 350 (Minn. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. § 500.12 (1998) (stating remainders are only contingent while person to whom, or event upon which, they are limited to take effect remains uncertain).”
Matter of Kischel, 299 N.W.2d 920 (Minn. 1980). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 500.12 (1978) provides that “[f]uture estates are either vested or contingent.”
First Nat'l Bank v. Kirschmann, 97 N.W.2d 441 (Minn. 1959). · cites it 3× “1941, § 500.12): “* * * when there is a person in being who would have an immediate right to the possession of the lands upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent estate.”
In Re Trusteeship Under Will of Schmidt, 256 Minn. 64 (Minn. 1959). · cites it 3× “1941, § 500.12): "* * * when there is a person in being who would have an immediate right to the possession of the lands upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent estate.”
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